Libro d'Antonio Labacco appartenente a l'architettura nel qual si figurarano alcune notabili antiquita di Roma ...

Author Antonio da Labacco Italian

Illustrator Frontispiece designed by Francesco Salviati (Francesco de' Rossi) Italian

1552 (1558?)

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Artwork Details

Title: Libro d'Antonio Labacco appartenente a l'architettura nel qual si figurarano alcune notabili antiquita di Roma ...
Author: Antonio da Labacco (Italian, near Vigevano ca. 1495–after 1567)
Illustrator: Frontispiece designed by Francesco Salviati (Francesco de' Rossi) (Italian, Florence 1510–1563 Rome)
Published in: Rome
Date: 1552 (1558?)
Medium: Book of engraved plates, some typeset text with historiated woodcut initials.
Dimensions: 16 9/16 × 11 × 11/16 in. (42 × 28 × 1.8 cm)
Classifications: Books, Ornament & Architecture
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1920
Object Number: 21.26
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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